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, 1887-06-10

The grand plaza, bright with It's foun-
tains, its flowers and trees, has upon it's
northern and eastern sides the Santa
Rosa cathedral and palace, as I have
already stated, while fronting its western
and southern sides stand the principal
business buildings of the city. Restau-
rants and cafes here abound, and stores
of every description. The fashionable
shops of the aristocracy are here, where
costly fabrics are retailed, and drugs,
cutlery, fruit and groceries sold. They
are arranged upon the American plan,
and are mainly owned by progressive
Yankees. There is one very noticeable
feature about this business center, and,
indeed, the same is true of all other por-
lions of the city, and that is its extreme
quiet; the almost Sabbath like serenity
that characterizes it, so different from
the hustle and hurry of American towns.
Ono block east of the plaza, Just in the
rear Of the grand cathedral, is the Lima
market, where fresh vegetables, fruits in
endless variety, meats and wearing ap-
parel of the richest description can be
bought. In many respects it much re-
sembles the French market at New
Orleans. 1t is the principal market of
the city, and, taken all in all, is a very
curious place. Here are heaps of fruits
and vegetables Of all kinds; liquors, the
choicest and best: paintings and furniture
to suit the most fastidious fancy; silken
finery and delicate lace work are hung in
gorgeous festoons from the frames above;
toys and hooks, candies and bon IONS are
here in profusion-in short, almost every
thing in the market line is here exposed
for sale. There Is maize, too-the finest
in the world; and now the visitor stops
to admire the huge piles of chunn or pre-
served potato of Peru, which, prepared
by a process of freezing and drying, is
said to be highly nutritious. The potatoes
here are very fine and large; and with
justice, since it was from, this country
that they were introduced to the world.
Judging from the vast heaps of silky
wool from the backs of mountain sheep,
one would suppose That the Peruvians
would manufacture their own goods; but
on the contrary, not a loom is heard
throughout the entire country, all, or
nearly all, their wearing apparel coming
from the factories of Yorkshire, England.
Peru is backward in the matter of manu-
factories, lacking the spirit, the enter
prise and the thrift of colder climates.
AT any of the many little tables scat
tered about the crowded market and pre-
sided over by dusky faced women in
bright costumes, n can regale ones
self, for a very small sum-, with fresh
milk and eggs, and delicious rolls, with
butter in which the taste of the flowers of
dewy meadows still delightfully."- fingers.
Coffee, rich and stimulating, is handed to
you by the pleasant Inca maids, gracious
as Hebe, the cup bearer of the gods. One
can certainly pass IN enjoyable hour here,
and the market certainly well merits a
visit.-Callao PERU Cor. The Argonaut.
, 1887-06-10

There 9 v existed a custom more OBJ
~jectionable OF the score of taste and
cleanliness than that of rigging up chill
dren in white kid shoes. 1t has grown
obsolete with the better Judgment of the
people, and we only now and then see a
reminder of ii. A shoe should be made
with reference to its liability to come
in contact with things which may soil it.
Besides, a light colored shoe magnifes
the size of the foot.
In some families shoes for children
that are denoted ''best" are laid aside
and kept for full dress wear. This is a
mistaken notion. The feet of children
are constantly growing, and if the shoes
fit" at first they will oon become too
snug for comfort, and create pain and
possible deformities. 1t is better to let
the youngsters have the good of the shoes
before they outgrow them.-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
, 1887-06-10
charles Reaae oatheripr "Mo.erIal.,

One day Mr.. Reade wanted to con-
suit u living book, and asked me to adj
vertise for a man who had beer employed
Us n keeper in a lunatic asylum. Two or
three days later on l was hurrying down
Piccadilly toward Bolton row, accom-
panied by the most promising of the
answerers to my advertisement The ex-
keeper having first been RECALLED with
lunch, was put on the rack. How we
''heckled' that unfortunate man on that
frightfully warm summers day; how we
proved him with all manner of insidious
and out of the way questions anent hand
cuffs and leglocks, douching, stomach
pumping, straight w~aistcoating, plunge
bathing and padded rooming, it would
require the pen Of Charles Reade himself
adequately to describe. A couple of
hours after the questioning began l found
myself conveying the ex-keeper to the
hall door-he carrying in his fist q hand
some gold honorarium, while with the
other hand he YEARLY mopped at his
forehead.-St. James Gazette.
, 1887-06-10
The Chewing Tobacco Trade.

..And what arc the general statistics of
the chewing tobacco trader"
at hasn't any, or rather it remains
about the same all the time. Men who
chew in one season will do the same in
another. But l sell more plug in winter
and more fine cut in summer"
II suppose smoking tobacco doesn't
vary much, either?"
'Your superstition is incorrect then, for
1 sell twice as much smoking tobacco in
the dead of winter as in the hot months.
Men like to sit in the house and smoke n
pipe by the fireside on cold winter nights.
Some do it from preference, and a good
many more because they ere afraid to
smoke cigars before their wives. 1t looks
toe ~extravagant, and is apt to rufile up
the placidity of the domestic waters."
"And what is your best season for
business generality
Il take in more money in the spring
and fall. Winter is the duIlest of all.
New York Sun.
, 1887-06-10

Vegetables cannot grow without potash,
for It is n constituent Of every plant.
When the soil has been enriched with ami
NAL manures, n special application OF pot
ash may be dispensed with, but on lands
manured with exclusively nitrogepous
fertilizers, such rs fish scrap, Peruvian
guano, etc, II cropped with potatoes or
some other vegetable exhaustive of pot
ash, an application of n salt of potash,
either alone or Of a fertilizer largely con-
tanning it, becomes q necessity. All pot
ash salts are exceedingly soluble. The
ashes of hard wood yield potash, and for
merly was nearly the only source of this
element but now potash is provided in
almost unlimited qualities by the Kainit
mines Of Germany.
, 1887-06-10

serving ikoDDefb N GxCelleht otyies
A letter from Mexico tells how q band
Of robbers were effectually disposed OF.
While they were ransacking a town q
dozen men ran to the shore, cut small
holes in the boats in which the robbers
came and plugged them with mud. The
boats were launched and the marauders
see out on their return voyage. Before
going q mile, however, the water began
to soften the clay, aud the huge log dug
outs began to fill. Every effort was made
to reach the shore, but the openings In
creased rapidly, and soon the boats were
full OF water and the occupants were
obliged to jump overheard and cling to the
sides Of their submerged crafts to keep
from drowning. About daylight a COM
pany of 100 men set out in boats to the
spot where the half drowned men were
still hanging to their crafts. Some, how
ever, had lost their hold and had sunk to
the bottom, while the othere were so ex-
hauste that they were unable to make
any resistance. The fishermen attacked
them, and soon not a robber was left to
tell the tale of their defeat. Their booty
was all ecovered.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1887-06-10
Laramie Psnitent,ary. wyoming.

Plans and specifications for building an
addition to the United States penitentiary
at Laramie City, Wyo., will be received
at the Office OF the governor, in Cheyenne.
and opened ut noon, June 9. 1887, by the
board, consisting of the governor, the sec
rotary and the United States marshal Of
the territory.
The plans and specifications will con
form as nearly as possible to the outward
appearance OF the present building, which
Is 40x70 feet, outside measurement; walls
of hard sand store, twenty tour inches
thick and twenty four feet high above the
grade; mansard roof with dormer win
dows.
The plans and specifications must in
clude the cells and all the interior work
complete and ready for occupancy. The
secretary of the interior will allow a rea-
sonable compensation for the plans and
specifications adopted. but for nonc other.
The amount Of money to be expended is
about twenty one Thousand dollars, and no
plans and specifications will be considered
which contemplate a larger expenditure
Provision will he made for five women
prisoners and three sleeping rooms for
guards.
Plans and specifications will also in
slude an additional expenditure OF one
thousand dollars for kitchen and dining
room for one hundred prisoners, which
may be an attached building of stone, or
, embraced in the main building.
On the acceptance of the plans and
specifications, and the advertisement Tor
bids, there will be at tie same time an
advertisement for repairs to the present
building, costing poss bly, three thousand
dollars or more, the same being largely
regulated by the plans, position and ar
rangemeuts of the new bui ding.
All plans, specifications, contracts, etc,
to be approved by the secretary of the in.
terror, upon the recommendation of the
board.
All payments in cash.
THOMAS MOONLIGHT,
Governor and Chairman of the Board.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May l9, 1887.
, 1887-06-10
In Labor's Camp.

CHICAGO, June AT a meeting of
the Bricklayers' Union to night a com
mittce was appointed with full power to
settle all questions by arbitration with
master masons. This. it is thought, por
tends an early settlement of the great
lockout
Contracting carpenters appear deter
mined to enforce the nine hour rule next
week. and the men claim to be equally
determined to resist it. A strike appears
to be inevitable.
, 1887-06-10

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, | feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had a running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me | would have
to have the bone scraped or leg umputa-
ted. | used, instead, three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve, and my leg is now
sound and we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at
twenty-five cents per box by w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-06-10
An Organ,

When the liver is indolent, as it must
necessarily be when it fails to secrete the
bile in suficient'quantities to meet'the re
quirements of digestion and evacuation, it
should be set at work with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. The Observation-Disclosures
to activity. impaired by this incompatible
Alternative, speedily evinccs itself in a de-
parture of the uncomfortable sensations in
the right side; the nausea; fur upon the
tongue; indigestion, and sick headache
consequent upon inactivityiof the liver and
diversion of the bile from its proper chan
mel. lrregularity of the DO wels is always
and pa;nlessly reformed by the corrective
indicated, which is infinitely to be pre-
ferred, both because it is safe and more
ef~hcacious to blue pill, calomel and drench
ing purgatives OF every class. 1t cures
and prevents fever and ague and rheuma-
tism.
, 1887-06-10
snakes and wild Animals.

The total number of persons killed by
wild animals and venomous reptiles in
the ten divisions Of Bengal during the
official year 1sS5-s6 was the highest in
the last five years and amounted to H.
1923. As is usual. nine-tenths of these
deaths were caused by snakes. But of
1928 ~buffaloes, oxen, horses and ponies
destroyed in this manner, only 81 were
killed by snakes. These annual returns
do not take account of sheep, goats, pigs
and monkeys, the destruction of which is
very large. The hyena is credited with
the destruction of 779 head of cattle
New York Tribune.
, 1887-06-10
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Charles D. Keefe, editor of the Wall
Street Netos. died yesterday.
Hon. John II. Ewing died yesterday at
his residence in Washington, Pa, aged
80 years.
Lord Lansdowne will be made a duke
in connection with the distribution of
jubilee honors.
Democrats of the legislature OF New
Hampshire have nominated Hon. H.
Bingham for senator.
, 1887-06-10

CHICAGO, June 9.-Cattle-Receipts,
5000; market firm for the best,
common weak; shipping steers, $500
1900 pounds, 81 0O(G5 Is; stockers
and feeders, 81. 25(G3.S 5; Texas cattle,
81. 1904 90.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market steady;
natives, So. oO(G4 80; Western, 5000
4.25; Texans, 81. 1908 40.
, 1887-06-10
The Olive oil Industry.

A former great industry at Florence,
that of making thin TASKS for olive oil, is
said to nave been wholly destroyed by
the English flooding the market with the
cotton seed oil imitation, which is now
almost universally sold under the name
Of olive oil. 1t is said that the question
is going to be raised in the house of COM
mons under the adulteration act
Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1887-06-10

Is continually going on in the human sys-
TEN. The demon of impure blood strives
to gain victory over the constitution. to
ruin health. IN drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the weapon with which to de
fend ones self, drive tho desperate enemy
from the field. and restore peace and
bodily health for many years. Try this
peculiar medicine.
, 1887-06-10
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT CHEYENNE,

r Wyo., Ju1e p.lboI.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has. nled notice Of his intention
TO make fnal proof In support of his claim. and
that said proof win be made before the register
and receiver at Cheyenne. Wyo., OF July 10.
1887, viz Henry =, No 5.lnS. I I
the W n OF sw Y sec II and W II of Nv u sec IA.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz Caleb NJ. LaGrange, Thomas NJ.
Herrck,. : dward Q. Culmer. John Hursh, of
EDGAR 8 WILSON, Register
, 1887-06-10
Prices to suit times. Cloth
ing and all KINDS of mems
lUear cheaper than ecer at
~. MARKS, Eddy street.

MA and reliable Medicines arc the best
wv todepend upon. Acler's BLOOD Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm.
purities ofthe Blood. Inevery form of Scrof-
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, 1t is
Invaluable. For Rheumatism. has no equal.
DIR. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-06-10
CLIO T H | N G
FOR

Each year our mail order trade in
ereases. The people Of the West are
finding they can save money by trading
with us, besides getting stylish and well
made goods.
We keep everything worn BY man or
boy, and our goods are made up with
special care. We carry many garments
not to be found elsewhere in Colorado.
Garments for miners, cattlemen and
nnchmen specially adapted to their re-
npective vacations.
We cheerfully send our Fashion Cata-
logue and Price List to any address; also
send samples and prices on application.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded.
, 1887-06-10

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-06-10

A talking canary has been discovered
at Lowrstoft, Eng. 1t belongs to a lady
who has taught it to repeat several words
and phrases, and to initiate successfully
the notes of other Gagged birds.
, 1887-06-10

The hest salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. c~hilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price. Is cents per
box. For sale by w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-06-10
SKINNER BROS. &
WRIGHT,
nth and Lawrence, Denver, Colo.

V Mow snS slo ' ]PlSy.s sssI By Slf pys+
pepsia. use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are a positive cure for Dyspepsia. In
digestion. Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. rs and 90 cents
Dr. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-06-10
DIR. NORRIS, arnCrFIU sALyE.

A warranted Salve to cure old sores OF
all kinds on man or beast, especially syph-
little ulcers, itching or liberated piles, abb
cesses, milk leg, old army sores, proud
flesh; a positive cure for saddle sores, ifs
lula, pail evil, scratches; the only cure to
be used in private for treatment of svphi-
lis. No cure, money returned. One dol
lar by mail. DIR. E. w. MORRIS,
Hunters Hot Springs, Mont.
, 1887-06-10

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
FIGHTING TO THE LAST.
Anarchists Looking for Lawyers to
Take the Case to Washington.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The defence CON-
mittee of the Chicago Anarchists have for
many weeks past been considering the possi-
bility of an adverse decision by the Illinois
Supreme Court. Capt. Black, the counsel of
August Spies and his associates, has been
anxious to secure the services of at least one
lawyer of national reputation to assist him
In taking the case to the United States Su-
preme Court in Washington.
Justus III. Schwab, the Anarchist leader, of
% First street. has worked diligently ever
since last spring, in raising funds for the de-
fence. lie has been in constant communica-
tion with the defence committee and there
fore to him during July was intrusted the
TASK OF securing suitable man for the
dreaded emergency.
Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll was especially
mentioned by the Chicago group of Anar-
chlsts, and Schwab, accompanied by friend
went to lngersolPs Office only to learn that
the Colonel was not in town, but was expect
ed to return and be in on Sept. Sd. On that
day the two men called at Mr.. Ingersoll' s
Office, 40 Wall street, only to be told by the
gentleman in charge that the Colonel could
not be seen. The same afternoon. a des-
patch reached Mr.. Schwab, stating that Mr.
Ingersoll declined to take their case.
8, AZ tne % once qf Cen Benjamin F. Butler,
IN the Mutual Life Insurance building, where
the committee next repaired, they were told
that the General was in Boston. They tele-
graphed to him, asking whether he would as
sociate himself with Capt. Black in taking
the ease of the Anarchists to the United
States. Supreme. Court. Gen. Butler wired
back that he would be in his New York office
In few days, and would then grant an inter-
view. Gen. Butler has had the interview,
but is, as yet, undecided as to assuming the
case He has not yet discovered any grounds
which, in his opinion, would transfer the
case to the Federal courts.
Roger A. Pryor was seen, and has since
written the committee a letter, in which he
says: "On examination of the papers left
Is renewable by the United States Supreme
Court; second: that stay of execution may
be obtained; third, that there is reasonable
probability of reversing the conviction
Leonard SWEET, who made the argument
before the Illinois Supreme Court, is under
stood to be ready to take the case to Wash
ington.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
RUMSELLERs IN COURT.
The kennebec County Crusade and
Blazing Meteor. q
Especial to the Press.1

AUGUSTA, Sept. 15.-There is no let up in
the campaign against the Kennebec rum
sellers. land County Attorney Carleton is
working like beaver to secure the enforce
ment of the law. Among the violators of
the law in court today was man named
Freeman Ellis of Oakland, who was indicted
for keeping cider nuisance. He is a well
known farmer of that town, and the defence
says that he made his cider for vinegar. 1t is
believed he will be acquitted Herbert j.
Haskell OF China, also farmer, stepped up
and paid $500 and costs for keeping cider
nuisance, his case not going to trial.
Eben Murch, the Waterville hotel keeper,
indicted for liquor selling, also paid his fine
and Ingraham & Plaisted, NJ. p Tucker and
g. b. Low, Waterville druggists, all settled
their fines.
"Keg" Williams, the man who swan the
river at Hallowell, escaped from the officers,
came out of the woods today, giving himself
up to the Augusta officers. He was fined
$4OO, with the alternative of eight months in
JAIL He said he never would be captured
by the Hallowell police. Geo. G. Grinnell of
Manchester, paid fine of $500 and costs.
The celebrated Mike Burns case involving
the legality of the seizure of the imported
liquor lby the sheriffs, under instructians
from Governor Bodweil, comes up in court
next Tuesday for trial, and will be of intense
interest. Attorney General Baker will ap-
pear for the state and Herbert NJ. Heath,
Esq. and John II. Potter, Esq, of Augusta,
for the respondent.
A blazing meteor of immense size was
seen in the east here :at 8 o'clock this even
ing 1t was splendid natural pyrotechnical
display, and for brief intervale almost
turned night into day.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
Did Not Work Well,

BIDDEFoRD, Sept. 15.-The Biddeford and
Saco corporations will abandon the half-hol-
idy system after this week. Beginning Mon
day the mills will start at 6.45 o'clock in the
morning and shut down at 6 o'clock at night,
except Saturdays when work will stop at
An
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
MOUNT WASHINGTON DESERTED.
The Signal Service Station There to
be Closed in Winter.

BOSTON, Sept. 14.-Lieut. Woodford, an
inspector of the Signal Service Bureau Of the
War Department has been in Boston making
an official inspection of the station in this
city. In conversation he said: "It.will be
os interest to the public to know that the
station on the top of Mount Washington is
TO be discontinued. 1t has been interesting
10 watch the atmospheric changes at that
Statlon, but they are of little or no practical
dement, to the rest of the district. The alti-
tude Is SO great that the changes there rare
~ afiect the lower atmospheric strata. The
Wlnd might be blowing hurricane at the
summit OF the mountain while a dead calm
prevailed at the base. suppose the station
VIII oe run In the summer season, say from
May 10 September, inclusive, to accommo-
date summer visitors to the mountains, but
II seems needless expense to maintain it
during the winter. 1t is a most uncomfort-
aDle place to spend the winter in, and guess
t9e operators won't regret leaving it during
thaI part OF the year. | suppose this action
Will surprise good many people, but really
Wnen you come to think of 1t YOU will see
that the reports from that station are read
more. as curiosities than as being of any
practical aeneft."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15---The signal service
once VIII discontinue the station on Mount
washington during the winter and resume
operations In June, when the railroad begins
70 run again. The station at Pixies Peak,
Col, is also about to be abandoned.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
Ben Bunker's Programme


One of the most harmless and amusing of
Ben Bunker's evolutions was his trip to Au-
gusta this week with list of the names of
80 prominent Waterville citizens In his pock-
ct, whom he wanted summoned before the
grand jury's notice, that he believed they
had purchased LIQUORS of Waterville's intox-
icants, when County Attorney Carleton had
already secured sufficient evidence to indlct
nearly every rumseler in that place. But
the situation was still more ludicrous when
Ben wanted Mr.. Carleton to summon seventy
of the leading citizens to testify, among
them being w. II. Smith. Esq, Hon. John
l.. Stevens, Hon. o. ID. Baker, VIM. III. Bige-
low, Hon. r. o. Vickery, Hon. J. III. Man
ley and Hon. George Z. Weeks. Ben, how
ever, did not make much of haul in Au-
gusta, and he admitted before going home,
so we are informed, that County Attorney
Carleton had beaten him at his own game,
but he would give him dose at the next
grand jury. 1t would not be surprising if
Mr. Carleton had few words to say in a
day or so.